Did It! – Page 12

Sunday, August 17, 2014

LOVE bookshelf

I’m so lucky to have one of my best friends pregnant at the same time. It has been wonderful sharing stories, questions, fears, excitement and of course decorating ideas! She is expecting a little boy and saw this DIY LOVE bookshelf on Pinterest. Of course I came right home and volunteered Willie for the project. He did such an amazing job and made some special modifications to really make it his masterpiece.

We left it bare wood for her so she could decide the colors, but she ended up using the Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White as a base and Florence over. She then distressed it to give it that lovely rustic look that is so in now.

For her shower everyone is supposed to bring a book for the baby and I am so happy that Willie could creative something that will hold such special memories and be a significant part in her beautiful, fun, bold boy’s nursery.

All in the room 🙂

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Flea Market inspired chair

My inspiration from the Lucketts Market was in full effect!

Remember that reupholstered wing chair from my last post? Well…I
tried my own version.

Definitely not as professional looking but for $40 in
supplies compared to $375, I’ll take it!

I will forewarn you that if you are looking to use this
chair on a daily basis and want durability…this method of no sew reupholstering
is NOT the way to go. This is more for a statement piece in an office or
library that will get infrequent use. After all, it is being held together with
hot glue and staples J

I bought the old coffee/feed bags at the Lucketts Market for
$5 each. Most local coffee shops should have some for around that same price. I
had some leftover fabric from another project (lesson learned- iron fabric
before application), but you can choose any fabric you like.

Since I got the chair for free I really didn’t mind experimenting,
so I really had fun with it and even tried some braiding and edging on the
sides and back.

Materials you will need:

·
Old chair (preferably free)

·
Heavy duty stapler

·
Staples (longer the better for edging)

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Hot glue gun with LOTS of glue sticks

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Scissors

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Burlap or Coffee bags

·
Fabric of choice

Have fun creating your beautiful flea market inspired
upcycled chair!!

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Pallet Wine Rack

Another amazing DIY project using free pallet wood. Who knew
a pallet wine rack would be so elegant!

Here are some simple DIY steps to make one of your own:

To start:

Cut the pallet in half (leaving the center support of the
pallet). So you will have 2 big halves and 1 center strip. Using the center
strip pry off the long board and nail it to the bottom of the half cut in the
first part (so u have a basket to hold the wine.) DONE! Willie also drilled 3 holes
with a center drill bit so we could put the 3 bottles upside down.

To create the wine glass holder:

1.
Need to buy from Lowes (or local hardware store)

a. 1
½ nails or so. (or whatever you have around the house)

b. 1”
(thick) x 2 wide X 8ft (length) craft board
($4)

c. ¾(thick)
x 4”(wide) x 4ft (length) ($4)

2.
Cut one 4ft long of (a.) then screw it to the
back (making a stopper)

3.
Cut strips of (a.) to create a pathways for the
wine glass to slide into (this will require measuring between so they are
straight and even)

4.
Cut (b.) to the width of the pallet and screw b
onto a) to create a holder on the pathway so the wine glass don’t fall out.
(center each one so they look straight and even)

Happy woodworking J

*PS- to make the piece extra special, fill your wine rack
with custom labeled wine bottles. Ours were created by my maid of honor for our
engagement party and rehearsal dinner. I absolutely LOVE them!

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wedding Bliss

The past 7 months as a newly married couple has been a whirlwind!

I finally had a moment today to go through all of our wedding
photos again and I couldn’t believe that I never shared our astonishing DIY/antique accented dessert
table display.

When we decided we were going to be married at a winery I immediately
knew I wanted a dessert table display using wine barrels. How I was going to do
this exactly I wasn’t sure, but I made it work!

My florist (also a family friend) found antique doors at The
Old Lucketts Store in Leesburg, VA. We
used these as the table top for our cake displays. The winery we were married
at supplied the 3 barrels we used as our base.

Then we solicited the help of a family friend to cut a large
piece of wood and assembled the pieces into a tiered stand using PVC pipe. Once
completed, a finishing touch of polyurethane really made the stands shine
(literally J).
Willie and I covered the PVC by wrapping thick twine around the pipe and hot
gluing the ends. And voila! Beautiful, unique, rustic cake stands!